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In just over a month, I've witnessed two distressing moments in Irish culture, the airing of The Hunger on @RTEOne & the release of the #motherandbabyhomes report. Two gross wounds; one inflicted, the other self inflicted.
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#TheHunger was harrowing; heartbreaking. I was incredibly moved by it, forced to imagine with much more clarity the struggle my Gr Gr Grandad went through as a child-what he must've seen, smelled, feared, felt. The sadness that must have permeated his life. It's near impossible
to reconcile the great imprint it's made on the story of every person on this island & on the story of those who had to leave. I feel slightly unique in being someone who, in a way, returned from that scar-an immigrant returned from an emigrant departed.
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